The First Genomic Analysis of Visna/Maedi Virus Isolates in China [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 Visna/Maedi virus (VMV) is a neglected pathogen that damages sheep and goats' nervous and respiratory systems. The virus was discovered 80 years ago and has been endemic in China for nearly four decades; nevertheless, there is little information ...
Jian-Yong Wu +6 more
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Amplicon sequencing with Oxford nanopore technologies as a diagnostic alternative for small ruminant lentiviruses in sheep [PDF]
Scientific ReportsIn Europe, Maedi-Visna disease has high prevalence rates at the individual and flock levels, respectively, and is regarded as one of the most significant infectious disease in sheep.
Magdalena Serrano +7 more
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Investigation, management and control of a maedi outbreak in Norway in 2019-2020 [PDF]
Acta Veterinaria ScandinavicaBackground Visna-maedi is a notifiable disease in Norway, and eliminating the disease is a national goal. The import of sheep into Norway is very limited, and strict regulations apply to the movement of small ruminants between flocks and within defined ...
Grim Rømo +11 more
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Pathological, molecular, and serological study of small ruminant lentiviruses in Jordan [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2022 Background and Aim: Maedi-visna is a chronic viral disease of sheep with worldwide distribution causing substantial economic losses to the small ruminant industry. Pneumonia and mastitis are the main manifestations of the disease.
Nabil Q. Hailat +2 more
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Journal of Science and Inclusive Development, 2023 Maedi-Visna (MV) is a chronic disease of adult sheep characterised by progressive interstitial pneumonia and other syndromes such as meningo-encephalitis, indurative mastitis, and arthritis.
Enyiew Alemnew +3 more
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First molecular detection of Maedi-Visna virus in Awassi sheep of Middle Iraq regions
Bulgarian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2022 Respiratory viral infections cause significant economic losses in sheep production. This preliminary molecular study aimed to detect the Maedi-Visna virus infection in Awassi sheep in three gover-norates in the middle region of Iraq.
A. Mosa, M. M. Zenad
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A Seroprevalence Survey of Maedi-Visna Among Twenty-Four Ovine Floks from Twelve Regions of China
Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2013 Maedi-visna virus (MVV) is an ovine lentivirus that is widespread in many countries worldwide. Both clinical and subclinical MVV infections cause substantial economic losses.
Ke-shan ZHANG +4 more
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Ovine Progressive Pneumonia: Diagnosis and Seroprevalence in the South of Sonora, Mexico
Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine, 2021 Ovine progressive pneumonia (OPP) is the most severe presentation of small ruminant lentivirus (SRLV) infection known as Maedi-Visna. Serological evidence in Mexico of the presence of this lentivirus was published in 1986.
Mercedes Yannin Borquez Cuevas +4 more
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Vaccination delays maedi-visna lentivirus infection in a naturally-infected sheep flock
BMC Veterinary Research, 2013 Background The Maedi-Visna (MV) lentivirus causes two slowly progressive eventually fatal diseases of sheep, Maedi, a progressive interstitial pneumonia, and Visna, a progressive demyelinating disease of the central nervous system.
Gudnadóttir Margrét +2 more
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PREVALENCE OF MAEDI-VISNA IN SHEEP HERDS
Archives of Veterinary Medicine, 2008 Progressive sheep pheumonia and maedi are terms that denote chronic virus sheep disease. Maedi-visna virus causes a disease named visna, which is a disease of nervous system with the symptoms of paresis and paralyses.
Branka Vidić +4 more
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